Satirical cartoon, A Magisterial Visit

Satirical cartoon, A Magisterial Visit. Three men sit aghast as a Justice sips from a punch bowl proclaiming By Virtue of my authority I am come to taste whether there is any sedition in the punch Bowl!!!'. A dog, wearing a collar labelled Pitt, sniffs another dog's bone. In the Justice's pocket is a paper inscribed Convention Bill'. The Bill for preventing seditious meetings was directed at large-scale meetings and lecture-hall rallies. However, public houses were favoured locations for all sorts of societies and clubs and the print highlights the hardening of legislation and the paranoia of the authorities about sedition

1790s 1795 Aghast Authorities Legislation Magisterial Magistrate Meetings Paranoia Paranoid Sedition Seditious Sipping Sniff Sniffing Taste Tasting

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